"And thus, I hope, with His grace He hath [drawn], and more shall draw, the Outer Cheer to the Inner Cheer, and make us all one with Him, and each of us with other, in true lasting joy that is Jesus."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 71)
Our inner spirit has been captivated by the beautiful One indwelling us, Christ Himself. Even if we forget this on the outside in our everyday life, inside Christ is dwelling, loving, caring, supporting, keeping us, and our inner person or spirit is always looking to Christ and happy with Christ within. So our Inner Cheer or expression is always one of love, hope, joy and peace, for our inner person is looking always at Christ and is fully satisfied, resting in His loving presence. And Christ keeps drawing and drawing our outer part to look inward to Him in the inward part, drawing and drawing us by grace to consciously be aware of, focus on, and know the beautiful and loving One inside us and to be captivated by His beauty and gaze, His loveliness and grace. And so by grace He is bringing our Outer Cheer or expression to match our Inner Cheer. And in our conscious mind we become more and more aligned with who we truly are in our spirit, more and more aligned with Christ within. Christ is doing this with us all, so we are becoming more and more consciously aware not only of our union with Christ but with each other, for Christ is in each of us, connecting us and bringing us into unity of mind and heart all together with Him!
"In us God desires to exhibit the priceless treasure of Christ's indwelling....the unveiling of Christ in human life completes man's every expectation."
Colossians 1:27 (MIRROR)
"We are not keeping any score of what seems so obvious to the senses in the natural realm, it is fleeting and irrelevant; it is the unseen eternal realm within us that has our full attention and captivates our gaze!"
2 Corinthians 4:18 (MIRROR)
"Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us."
Colossians 3:11 (NLT)
A Prayer: Draw my gaze to You inside of me!